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Né en 1981 au Zimbabwe Kudzanai Chiurai est un jeune artiste de renommée internationale qui vit et travaille en Afrique du Sud. Il est le premier étudiant noir diplômé des Beaux-Arts de l'Université de Pretoria. Très talentueux, il est capable de dessiner à partir d'une palette multimédia très variée. Il lutte pour un certain nombre d'enjeux politiques. Son discours idéologique est sérieux, plein d’humour, sans tomber dans la victimisation si souvent associée à l'artiste sud-africain socialement marqué.
Born in 1981 in Zimbabwe Kudzanai Chiurai is an internationally acclaimed young artist now living and working in south africa. He was the first black Fine arts graduate from the University of Pretoria. Very talented, he's capable of drawing from a diverse multimedia palette. He is also able to grapple with a number of political exigencies. His ideological commentary is dry without lacking in humour and avoids notions of victimhood so often coupled with socially weighted art South African Artist.
Born in 1981 in Zimbabwe Kudzanai Chiurai is an internationally acclaimed young artist now living and working in south africa. He was the first black Fine arts graduate from the University of Pretoria. Very talented, he's capable of drawing from a diverse multimedia palette. He is also able to grapple with a number of political exigencies. His ideological commentary is dry without lacking in humour and avoids notions of victimhood so often coupled with socially weighted art South African Artist.
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solo exhibitions
* 2008 yellow lines, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2007 graceland, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2005 y propaganda, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2004 Correction: The Revolution Will Be Televised, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2003 the revolution will not be televised, brixton art gallery, london
group exhibitions
* 2008 melbourne stencil festival, melbourne, australia
* 2008 africa now, round tower, copenhagen; northern norway art centre, lofoten, norway; and tampere art museum, finland
* 2006 dak'art, dakar, senegal
* 2006 new painting, kwazulu-natal society of arts, durban (with conrad botes, johannes phokela and mustafa maluka)
* 2005 melrose art, obert contemporary (with henry symonds, peter eastman, matthew hindley, mark erasmus and maja maljevic)
* 2005 reconciliation, university of pretoria (with minnette vari, berni searle, diane victor, johan conradie and leora faber)
awards
* 2005 top 100 dazzlers and doers in south africa, mail & guardian, south africa
* 2003 most promising art student, university of pretoria, south africa
* 2000 merit award, the national art gallery, zimbabwe
collections
* bhp billiton, london
* nandos, london
* patrice motsepe, johannesburg
* click media, johannesburg
* 2008 yellow lines, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2007 graceland, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2005 y propaganda, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2004 Correction: The Revolution Will Be Televised, obert contemporary, johannesburg
* 2003 the revolution will not be televised, brixton art gallery, london
group exhibitions
* 2008 melbourne stencil festival, melbourne, australia
* 2008 africa now, round tower, copenhagen; northern norway art centre, lofoten, norway; and tampere art museum, finland
* 2006 dak'art, dakar, senegal
* 2006 new painting, kwazulu-natal society of arts, durban (with conrad botes, johannes phokela and mustafa maluka)
* 2005 melrose art, obert contemporary (with henry symonds, peter eastman, matthew hindley, mark erasmus and maja maljevic)
* 2005 reconciliation, university of pretoria (with minnette vari, berni searle, diane victor, johan conradie and leora faber)
awards
* 2005 top 100 dazzlers and doers in south africa, mail & guardian, south africa
* 2003 most promising art student, university of pretoria, south africa
* 2000 merit award, the national art gallery, zimbabwe
collections
* bhp billiton, london
* nandos, london
* patrice motsepe, johannesburg
* click media, johannesburg
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